Destruction ━ Bucky Barnes [2]

05 ━ EVALUATION

DESTRUCTION.
( chapter five. )

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  ANDREA WAS ALONE IN THE LARGE, open training room. Or, maybe not alone, but rather the only thing living inside of it.

  She carefully studied the bots that surrounded her. They had yet to be activated and stood with slumped shoulders, as quiet and as still as the dead. Andy felt her stomach churn with nausea. She would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous to begin this evaluation.

  Tony had decided it would be best to test her abilities during an attack from his own mechanical creations. Which, was why the Jones woman found herself surrounded by his robots. The brunette took a deep breath, smoothing out her black workout jacket.

  Clad in her usual training outfit, she was only waiting on JARVIS to begin. Once the bots were activated, she was to use her abilities for as long as she could manage. Though, she had to admit, a cord of terror struck her every time she imagined a less-than-ideal outcome.

  "Are you ready, Andy?"

Andrea took a deep breath, looking up at the bot that loomed in front of her. For a moment, she didn't answer JARVIS' question, instead studying the metal body in front of her. She raised her fists, relaxing her stance into one of defensiveness before she finally nodded her head.

"I'm ready," she said.

  All at once, the bots came to life.

  Andy tensed, keeping her eyes wide open. The mechanical beings stood tall, motionless for but a small moment. However, Andrea knew better than to relax. Bots or not, they still posed a threat, especially if she lost control. One misstep— one fraction of a second— could be fatal. She exhaled a slow, even breath.

From the corner of her eye, the brunette noticed a blur of movement. Within an instant, a trio had rushed her in an attack from the right. Andy tightened her jaw, swiveling to face the oncoming opponents. Almost instinctively, her hand slid forward in one swift and slicing motion.

  At best, Andrea expected a mild, telekinetic blast to shoot from her palms. It was something she'd been able to do before the new serum, but costed her heavily in energy. At any second, she expected the exhaustion to kick in.

However, in an explosion of blue light, a powerful boom resounded throughout the training room. Andy found herself momentarily blinded. Shielding against the brightness, she withdrew the power back into herself.

When the light cleared, Andrea watched with wide-eyes as scattered parts were sent flying in every direction. She felt frozen, forgetting her settings as she stared at the devastation before her. In her state of shock, she was completely blind to the attack coming at her from behind.